We’ve been warned the north Island would dump rain on us, and Port Alice, the tour’s starting point, lives up to that soggy reputation.
We’re only 50 kilometres into a two-week, 1,000-plus-kilometre ride of the Island for Tour de Rock when the space blankets come out.
I always carry one when I’m hiking in the backcountry in case of emergencies, but I’ve never unpacked it. It’s a last-resort, stuck-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-and-waiting-for-help kind of thing. Port Hardy Coun. Janet Dorward has been raising money to shave her head, but she’s about $1,200 short of her goal.
Weston is the star of the show today. Diagnosed with leukemia at two years old, he’s now two years out of treatment.
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